[labnetwork] Providing User Lab Supplies and Storage Space

[Luciani, Vincent]

Good Morning Jacob,

We sell popular supply items like tweezers, lab notebooks, single wafer carriers etc. Users get one large size tote for storage.  We assign slots for the tote in wall all of shelves.  We have general use labware that gets cycled through our lab glassware dishwasher as a back-up to the rinse the user performs.

Our lessons learned you may find helpful:

*         We maintain a listing of who owns what slot and regularly purge the inactive projects from the storage racks.

*         If the totes don't have lids, users WILL create unstable works of art from precariously stacked materials that rise as high they can get away with.  We are switching to boxes with lids.

*         Perform random inspections to make sure hazardous materials are not being stored.  This was a problem at first but has since been eliminated.  If we find chemicals being stored, the user loses their storage privileges.

Vince


Vincent K. Luciani
NanoFab Manager
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology<http://www.cnst.nist.gov/>
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, MS 6201
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6200 USA
+1-301-975-2886


From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Jacob Trevino
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:48 AM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: [labnetwork] Providing User Lab Supplies and Storage Space

Happy New Year everyone.

I was curious to hear your opinions on supplying cleanroom users materials, such as tweezers, containers, glassware, timers, notebooks, etc., verses having them provide these items themselves.  I have seen several variations on this in my travels.  I am curious what you might implement at your own facility.

Additionally and related, what kind of storage do you provide your users (boxes, racks, containers)? I know this is can become a logistical issue quickly as users store and forget items over time, leading to the consumption of valuable cleanroom space. What kind of restrictions do you place on storage? As always, thank you for any insight you might be able to provide.

Best regards,

Jacob


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Jacob Trevino, PhD
Scientific Cleanroom Director
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)
Tel.  (646) 664-8914
Fax. (646) 664-2965
Email: Jacob.Trevino at asrc.cuny.edu<mailto:Jacob.Trevino at asrc.cuny.edu>
Web: http://asrc.cuny.edu/



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